Rosa Lo Frano

Current Position: Associate Professor ING-IND19
Email: rosa.lofrano@ing.unipi.it
Phone: +39 050 2218000
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-174X

WORK EXPERIENCE
• Jun 2021- Appointed full Professor ING-IND 19 (5 out of 5 favorable evaluation).
• Nov 2019 – ongoing: Associate Professor ING-IND 19
• Nov 206- Oct 2019 RTD B ING-IND/19 at the DICI- University of Pisa.
• July 2012- Oct. 2016 : RTD A- ING-IND/19

EDUCATION
• Postdoc (2009-2012) at the Dept. DIMNP of the University of Pisa
• Fellowship (2007-2009) at the DIMNP of the University of Pisa
• PhD in Nuclear and Industrial safety (2005-2008) at the Dept. DIMNP of the University of Pisa
• Master-Degree in Nuclear Engineering (VO)- Faculty of Engineering of the University of Pisa

SCIENTIFIC / ACADEMIC POSITIONS - AFFILIATIONS
Director of VOLT group of ASME
She is also responsible of LIN laboratory of DICI, where material and components (mechanical/thermo-mechanical/dynamic) characterization are carried out.
Member of 1) NED of ASME, 2) ICONE and 3) NENE conference organizing committee, 4) ENEN Board of Directors, 5) Member of IAEA, 6) NEA technical working group, 7) Member of UNI technical body, 8) VQR 2015-2019-Member Gev 09. Member of REPRISE.

Guest Editor of special issues NED -ELSEVIER-” VSI NFRT: "Outcomes and achievements from safety and sustainability in predisposed management of radioactive waste: a focus on innovative solutions" (2024- ongoing)
Guest Editor of the special issue of Materials- MDPI “Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Innovative Engineering Structures” (2020-21)
Guest Editor of the special issue of Energies- MDPI “Design and Safety Issues of Nuclear Plants and Installations” (2020-21)

Reviewer of: Annals of Nuclear Energy; Energy; Journal of Nuclear Materials; Nuclear Engineering and Design; Ocean Engineering; Journal of Fluids and Structures; Nuclear Technology; Fusion Engineering and Design; Journal of Applied Mechanical Engineering; Engineering Failure Analysis; Electr. Power and Energy Systems; Structural Engineering and Mechanics; Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, etc.

MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS / ACTIVITIES / LABS
R. Lo Frano was/is the scientific referees of European projects and contracts at national and international levels, such as the AdP MSE-ENEA, Nucleco project on 380l packaging, Sogin service activity for packaging qualification, Type A container- Comecer, EU FP6 ELSY, EU FP7 LEADER, EU FP7 ESNII+, EU FP7 PETRUS III, H2020 NARSIS, H2020 PREDIS, Horizon Europe OPERA HPC, MSCA4U, CANGARU project (in collaboration with University of Southern California), progetto CN1-Spoke 6-Flagship 4.2 etc.
CURRENT RESEARCH FIELDS
Her research activity, documented by more than 70 publications on Intl. Journals and Proceedings of Intl., refers mainly to the safety and structural design of nuclear plants and structure, system, and components, LTO and ageing of nuclear components and materials, safety behaviour of NPP plants subjected to external/internal accident event, RWs characterization, monitoring and transport, analysis and characterization of nuclear structures and materials. Research investigation covers the fission and fusion field.

PUBLICATIONS
Publications indexed in Scopus can be found at the following link:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57989552000
A complete list of publications can be found at the following link:
https://arpi.unipi.it/cris/rp/rp07969